Jo Kelcey

Jan 1, 2024 | passblue.com | Hanan Morsy |Banjo Damilola |Jo Kelcey |Foteini Papagioti |Anastasiia Carrier |Jacqueline de Chollet

Many African countries face a high debt burden that is hindering their work on achieving sustainable development. As of August 2023, eight African nations were in debt distress and an additional 14 were at high risk of joining them. Several factors have contributed to this problem. In the 2010s, many African countries, compelled by the declining availability of concessional financing and encouraged by favorable low interest rates, turned to Eurobond issuances.

Dec 31, 2023 | passblue.com | Banjo Damilola |Jo Kelcey |Fiona Shukri |Jacqueline de Chollet |Foteini Papagioti |Anastasiia Carrier

Tjada D'Oyen McKenna is the first woman - and Black - to head the international charity Mercy Corps, an organization based in the United States that she has led since 2020. She has moved in and out of the public and private sectors over her career only to discover that "I'm living my purpose," she said, in working for the former, even if it means "doing more with less" as the number of people with staggering needs keep growing worldwide.

Dec 20, 2023 | passblue.com | Jo Kelcey |Mona Khalil |Clair MacDougall |Dawn Clancy |Arthur Bassas

Amid the horrors unfolding in Gaza, a war of disinformation is also taking place. A primary target is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees ( Unrwa). In the last weeks of November, Israeli media outlets have published unsubstantiated stories, including that an Unrwa teacher held an Israeli hostage captive in Gaza and that the German government has stopped funding the agency. Both Unrwa and the German government have issued firm rebuttals.

Nov 28, 2023 | passblue.com | Hasmik Egian |Mouin Rabbani |Banjo Damilola |Jo Kelcey |Foteini Papagioti |Anastasiia Carrier | +1 more

Karim Khan's unprecedented politicization of the International Criminal Court since assuming the role of Prosecutor in June 2021 has significantly eroded the credibility of the Court just as he should be taking serious steps to address its declining legitimacy. Khan delivered his inaugural briefing to the United Nations Security Council in his new role as ICC prosecutor in November 2021. The focus that day was on the "Situation in Libya," one of only two current Council referrals to the court.